Apple could announce a Google Gemini deal this fall (www.theverge.com)
Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody (apnews.com)
Israel released the director of Gaza’s main hospital on Monday after holding him for seven months without charge or trial over allegations the facility had been used as a Hamas command center. He said he and other detainees were held under harsh conditions and tortured....
The Dirt (poemsprout.blogspot.com)
Peru grants China's state-owned Cosco Shipping the exclusive right to operate its Chanchay port while pressure is built to construct a highway across the Amazon rainforest (www.asianews.it)
Peru and Cosco Shipping, a Chinese state-owned construction company, have settled a dispute over the business model to be put in place for the Port of Chancay, built under China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. The company is granted the exclusive right to operate the port after it is inaugurated in a few months....
UVC Viewer with Upscaling
I have a UVC capture card that I use to play my Switch. Currently, I utilize it via the full screen projector feature of OBS, but the Switch is 1080p while my monitor is 4k and the upscaling that OBS uses causes some noticeable artifacts....
Sound on! (but not too loud since it is a little NSFW-ish) (i.imgur.com)
In case the main link doesn’t work: i.imgur.com/KFWEX4S.mp4...
"Outrageously" priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care (arstechnica.com)
With the debut of remarkably effective weight-loss drugs, America’s high obesity rate and its uniquely astronomical prescription drug pricing appear to be set on a catastrophic collision course—one that threatens to “bankrupt our entire health care system,” according to a new Senate report that modeled the economic...
‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US (www.aljazeera.com)
Keeping Tradition (lemmy.world)
Supreme Court weakens federal regulators with Chevron overturning, threatening net neutrality, right to repair, big tech regulation, and more (www.theverge.com)
The downfall of Chevron deference could completely change the ways courts review net neutrality, according to Bloomberg Intelligence’s Matt Schettenhelm. “The FCC’s 2024 effort to reinstitute federal broadband regulation is the latest chapter in a long-running regulatory saga, yet we think the demise of deference will...
Skydance Media and National Amusements Inc. Reach New Merger Agreement for Paramount Global (variety.com)
In case you weren’t sick of this merry-go-round yet.
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Annoying marketing practices
I recieved this email today. I don’t use twitch, only made an account once for some specific purpose. I don’t know these people and I’m a 100% certain they don’t know me. This is just toxic marketing to lure me back in.
New Jersey refuses to renew Trump golf club liquor licenses because of hush-money convictions (lawandcrime.com)
Choose wisely (lemmy.today)
Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion' (www.reuters.com)
Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts....
The Outer Worlds 2 release date [pggamesn's] estimation and trailer ["We estimate The Outer Worlds 2 release date to be sometime in 2025"] (www.pcgamesn.com)
How the Chevron ruling could slow the FDA and affect critical drug development and response times. (www.politico.com)
The Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling could have implications for speedy drug research